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The Easiest Way to Understand Bookkeeping Explained with Pictures

Debits and credits, journal entries, bank reconciliations, adjusting entries, financial statements, payroll taxes and small business compliance: here every topic fits on one page, drawn and explained. 51 illustrated pages, with 4 worked examples and 40 practice questions explained.

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One topic per page

a drawing that explains it and the key idea in the box

51 illustrated pages

8 parts, from debits and credits to payroll

40 practice questions

with every answer explained

This Is What the Pages You Will Learn Look Like

One topic per page, with a big drawing, four short boxes and the key idea at the bottom. Take a look inside:

It Is Not That Bookkeeping Is Hard. It Is That Nobody Showed It to You in Pictures.

Debit or credit, accrual or deferral, outstanding check or deposit in transit... you have read it ten times, but it does not stick.

...and every textbook gives you hundreds of pages of dense text.

Debits and credits

Here, a topic fits on one page: the big drawing shows it, four boxes explain it.

And the box at the bottom tells you the one idea to keep.

First you see it. Then you remember it.

The Difference Is Visual

Stop drowning in textbook pages:

THIS
  • Walls of dense text
  • Rules and entries that blur together
  • Terms you forget the day after
A heavy accounting textbook
VS. THIS
  • Every topic drawn
  • Entries, reconciliations and payroll explained simply
  • You remember it because you saw it
The bank reconciliation
Contents

Take a look at the 8 parts and 47 topics

Basics, recording, cash, adjustments, statements, payroll, compliance and the bookkeeper's job: 51 pages, all illustrated

  • What a bookkeeper does
  • The accounting equation
  • Assets, liabilities and equity
  • Revenue and expenses
  • Debits and credits
  • The chart of accounts
  • Cash basis and accrual basis
  • Source documents
  • The general journal
  • The general ledger and T-accounts
  • Journal entries, step by step
  • The trial balance
  • Cash receipts and deposits
  • Petty cash
  • The bank reconciliation
  • Bank reconciliation, worked example
  • Accounts receivable
  • Accounts payable
  • Practice: Parts 1 to 3
  • Why we adjust
  • Accrued revenue and expenses
  • Prepaid expenses and unearned revenue
  • Depreciation
  • Depreciation, worked example
  • Inventory: FIFO, LIFO and average cost
  • The income statement
  • The balance sheet
  • The statement of owner's equity
  • The statement of cash flows
  • Reading the numbers
  • Closing the books
  • Employee or contractor?
  • New hire paperwork
  • From gross pay to net pay
  • Payroll taxes: FICA and FUTA
  • Payroll, worked example
  • Payroll forms and deadlines
  • Business structures
  • Sales tax basics
  • Self-employment and estimated taxes
  • Recordkeeping and retention
  • Internal controls and fraud
  • GAAP principles
  • Software and the monthly routine
  • The month-end checklist
  • Certification and careers
  • Practice: Parts 4 to 8
  • Answers explained — p. 50
  • The book on one page — p. 51

What If Every Topic Fit on a Single Page?

Picture this:

Instead of rereading pages and pages of text before a test or the month-end close...

...you see each topic drawn step by step: which account, which side and why.

The accounting equation

And bookkeeping becomes pictures you can recall in class, at work and with your own business.

That is exactly what Bookkeeping Made Visual does.

It is not “just another PDF”. It is 8 parts and 47 illustrated topics, with 4 worked examples, 40 practice questions and the answers explained, plus the whole book on one page.

Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.

Here Is What You Get with Bookkeeping Made Visual:

Bookkeeping Made Visual: the book and sample pages
I
pp. 3–8

Bookkeeping Basics

What a bookkeeper does, the accounting equation, assets, liabilities and equity, revenue and expenses, debits and credits and the chart of accounts.

II
pp. 9–14

Recording Transactions

Cash and accrual basis, source documents, the general journal, the ledger and T-accounts, six journal entries worked step by step and the trial balance.

III
pp. 15–21

Cash, Receivables and Payables

Cash receipts and deposits, petty cash, the bank reconciliation with a worked example, accounts receivable and payable, and 20 practice questions.

IV
pp. 22–27

Adjusting Entries

Why we adjust, accruals, prepaid expenses and unearned revenue, straight-line depreciation with a worked example, and FIFO, LIFO and average cost.

V
pp. 28–33

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet, the statement of owner's equity, the statement of cash flows, simple ratios and closing the books.

VI
pp. 34–39

Payroll

Employee or contractor, Forms W-4, I-9 and W-9, gross to net pay, FICA and FUTA with the 2026 figures, a worked payroll example and the federal forms and deadlines.

VII
pp. 40–45

Small Business Compliance

Business structures, sales tax basics, self-employment and estimated taxes, record retention, internal controls and fraud, and GAAP principles.

VIII
pp. 46–49

Working as a Bookkeeper

Software and the monthly routine, the month-end checklist, certification and careers, and 20 more practice questions.

At the end: every practice answer explained and the whole book on one page.

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And That Is Not All: 2 More Books, Free

Bookkeeping Practice Tests

BONUS 1: “Bookkeeping Practice Tests”

Free with the book

Ten short tests by topic, sixty original questions, from debits and credits to bank reconciliations, adjustments, statements and payroll, with every answer explained and a score sheet.

It comes with the book.

Bookkeeping Terms Made Visual

BONUS 2: “Bookkeeping Terms Made Visual”

Free with the book

The words of bookkeeping, group by group, from the balance sheet to payroll and taxes, plus the common abbreviations, explained with drawings.

It comes with the book.

Bookkeeping Made Visual with the two free books

Bookkeeping Made Visual + 2 Free Books

  • Bookkeeping Made Visual: 51 illustrated pages
  • Bonus 1: Bookkeeping Practice TestsFree
  • Bonus 2: Bookkeeping Terms Made VisualFree
  • High-resolution PDFs you can printIncluded

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Is This Book for You?

Student studying an illustrated book at a kitchen table

You are studying bookkeeping or accounting

Review each topic in minutes before class or a test.

Small business owner reading an illustrated book in her shop

You run a small business

Understand your own books, your bank reconciliation and your payroll, one clear page at a time.

Adult reviewing an illustrated book at a desk

You want to work as a bookkeeper

The basics a bookkeeper uses every week, with practice questions and every answer explained.

To Sum Up: Here Is What You Get

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Frequently Asked Questions

One Last Thing Before You Decide...

You do not have to memorize which side is the debit by repeating it in your head.

You do not have to get lost in a thousand-page textbook.

And you definitely do not have to learn bookkeeping without pictures.

There is an easier way. And it is one click away.

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